Definition of rescue

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Rescue (v.) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained..

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Rescat :: Rescat (v. t.) To ransom; to release; to rescue.
Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.
Rescueless :: Rescueless (a.) Without rescue or release.
Rescous :: Rescous (n.) See Rescue, 2..
Ransom :: Ransom (n.) To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy..
Rescowe :: Rescowe (v. t.) To rescue.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc..
Rescuer :: Rescuer (n.) One who rescues.
Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like..
Rescued :: Rescued (imp. & p. p.) of Rescu.
Deliverer :: Deliverer (n.) One who delivers or rescues; a preserver.
Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon..
Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.
Rescussor :: Rescussor (n.) One who makes an unlawful rescue; a rescuer.
Rescous :: Rescous (n.) Rescue; deliverance.
Save :: Save (a.) Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life..
Deliver :: Deliver (v. t.) To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death..
Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law..
Save :: Save (a.) To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames..
Rescuable :: Rescuable (a.) That may be rescued.
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